Sultan Hossain Khan

Sultan Hossain Khan
Sultan Hossain Khan
4th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
	In office; 17 February 1990 – 24 December 1990
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad; Shahabuddin Ahmed;
Prime Minister	Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Preceded by	Chowdhury A. T. M. Masud
Succeeded by	Mohammad Abdur Rouf
1st Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission
	In office; 23 February 2004 – 8 February 2007
Appointed by	Iajuddin Ahmed
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury
Personal details
Died	5 July 2015; Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sultan Hossain Khan (died 2015) was a Bangladeshi judge and the chief election commissioner of Bangladesh.^[1] He was the chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Press Council.^[2]

Career

From 17 February 1990 to 24 December 1990, Khan served as the chief election commissioner of Bangladesh.^[3] He oversaw the first democratic election in Bangladesh after military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad was overthrown by a popular revolt in 1990.^[4] He led the investigation of the Logang massacre in 1992 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.^[5]

Khan was appointed the first chairperson of the newly formed Anti-Corruption Commission in 2004.^[6] His appointment was challenged by Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Aminul Haque Helal in court.^[7] On 8 February 2007, Khan resigned following a request to do so by the president of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed.^[8]

Khan has served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Press Council.^[6]

Death

Khan died at the age of 90 on 5 July in 2015 at Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[9]

References

^ "Former CEC Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away at 91". bdnews24.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "One-party poll to raise credibility question". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "Bangladesh Election Commission". www.ecs.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "A statement made by the Jumma delegation on behalf of the Jumma Nation, the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh". cwis.org. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "Appointment of Justice Sultan Hossain Khan Challenged in Court". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "NDI Election Watch Bangladesh" (PDF). National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Ex-CEC Justice Sultan dies". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[1] "Former CEC Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away at 91". bdnews24.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[2] "One-party poll to raise credibility question". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[3] "Bangladesh Election Commission". www.ecs.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[4] "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[5] "A statement made by the Jumma delegation on behalf of the Jumma Nation, the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh". cwis.org. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[:0-6] "Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[7] "Appointment of Justice Sultan Hossain Khan Challenged in Court". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[8] "NDI Election Watch Bangladesh" (PDF). National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[9] "Ex-CEC Justice Sultan dies". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

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Sultan Hossain Khan

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